Värmland County · Sweden
Where to stay in Arvika
Arvika is a city in Värmland County, Sweden, home to about 14,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Arvika, with about 79 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- July
- Nearest airport
- KSD48 km · Karlstad Airport
- Currency
- SEKSwedish krona
- Time zone
- Europe/Stockholm
- Language
- Finnish, Meänkieli, Romani
About
About Arvika
Arvika is a locality and the seat of Arvika Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 27,032 inhabitants in 2026.
Arvika is known for various cultural activities, such as (until 2010) holding the Arvikafestivalen music festival each summer. The area is also renowned for its arts and crafts: e.g. the Klassbols linen mill, a glass-blowing studio. In town there are many arts and crafts shops. Around 1900, there was an artists community working in Rackstad Colony, which is now a museum. These artists designed the church of Arvika in Nordic Romantic style. The area around Arvika is mainly forest area. There are several nature reserves where you can walk along marked hiking trails.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Arvika
See
- Arvika Fordonsmuseum
- Rackstadmuseet
- Såguddens Museum
Do
- Glaskogen
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Arvika
1 place to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Home Hotel Bristol hotel | 79 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Arvika
4 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Scandic Arvika | 0.3 km | |
| Go to Sleep Arvika | 0.2 km | |
| Hotel Arkaden | 0.4 km | |
| Jennys Hotell och Restaurang | 0.4 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Arvika
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Arvika are July. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; August is the wettest, with about 92 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Arvika: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Karlstad Airport (KSD), about 48 km from the city centre in a straight line; Torsby Airport (TYF, 60 km) and Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL, 102 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Oslo Gardermoen Airport is the nearest international airport. Karlstad airport has daily flights from Stockholm. Take the train from Karlstad or Oslo.
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KSD · Karlstad Airport
TYF · Torsby Airport
OSL · Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Arvika
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Questions
Arvika: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Arvika?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Arvika are July. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; August is the wettest, with about 92 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Arvika?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Karlstad Airport (KSD), about 48 km from the city centre in a straight line; Torsby Airport (TYF, 60 km) and Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL, 102 km) are also within reach.
Are there accessible hotels in Arvika?
1 place in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Arvika?
Swedish krona (SEK).
Nearby
Destinations near Arvika
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.